CODA UK and Ireland Conference Booking Form PDF

For more information please see the events page.

The study is split into two sessions, which can be done on one day or separate days. These sessions are done near Russell Square in Central London. Alternatively, a researcher can travel to meet the volunteer at a convenient venue. Participants will be asked to do behavioural tasks on a computer or with pencil and paper for both sessions. The behavioural tests involve visual-spatial, reading, memory, picture-language association and sign imitation tasks. Each session takes approximately one and a half hours. We will pay any travel expenses and £10 per hour for your time.

Your participation would be of great help to the project and to further our understanding of sign language and the brain. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,
–
Dr Velia Cardin
Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre
Department of Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences
University College London
49 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PD

http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/velia_cardin.html

marie@codaukireland.co.uk

News on upcoming events soon!

If so, we need you! We have lots of upcoming projects that you can be involved in. Even if its only a couple of hours here and there!

Please email me: marie@codaukireland.co.uk

“In September 2010, I travelled to Brighton Deaf Club, for the gathering of Codas, as well as Deaf parents and friends of Codas, to mark the launch of their new website.”

DATES:    28 July, 2011 – 31 July, 2011

HOTEL: pentahotel Berlin Köpenick Grünauer Strasse 1 12557 Berlin

www.coberlinda.com

To register for the conference itself and find contact details for the Hotel and Airport info please see the above website.

There are pre-conference activites including The Wild East Trabi Safari and the Post-conference activity is BBQ and Swimming at The Zentralvereins für das Wohl der Taubstummen 1849 the oldest Deaf-club in Germany.

From previous experience conferences have been well attended and the weekend has consisted of workshops, entertainment, social opportunities and presentations. Don’t expect to get much sleep as there will be plenty of stories being told that will have you giggling away till the early hours!  An experience not to be missed!

There are already quite a few from UK and Ireland planning to attend! More than previous years. I doubt we will beat the number of Americans going but we can try! I have already booked my flight, hotel and registered for the conference and pre-conference activities. So exciting!!

If you need any help, advice or want to join us on our travels over to Berlin email me: marie@codaukireland.co.uk

Passport without a Country: The Hearing Children of Deaf Parents

47 minutes Written and Directed by Cameron Davie 1992 in Australia (Subtitled) For your own copy email: c.davie@bigpond.com (AUD $42.50 including postage)

“This documentary provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of seven Codas, from their earliest memories of childhood to where they find themselves now. There are many happy recollections, but there are also painful ones, and we gradually learn of the dilemmas facing Codas who are searching for their identity. As one Coda points out, it’s like having a passport that is not accepted by the country in which you were born.”

Keith Wann: Watching Two Worlds Collide A Hearing Child in a Deaf Family in a Hearing World Keith Wann (2008) www.keithwann.com (ASL with voiceover)

“Come and enjoy a night of storytelling and deaf culture. Laugh with Keith as he takes you on a hilarious ‘visual journey’ to describe his childhood experiences. Come learn about the deaf and hearing worlds and how they often clash with the help of a mischievous child of deaf adults….”

Love is Never Silent

2-Time Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Drama and Film Direction. With Mare Winningham, Phyllis Frelich and Ed Waterstreet. (2008) 98 minutes (ASL/Spoken English no subtitles) http://www.ornaments4less.com/ ($35.84 including postage)

“When Margaret Ryder, the hearing daughter of deaf parents, grows up during the Great Depression, she alone is the link between Mama and Papa’s silent world and the hearing world they do not fully understand…and it does not understand them. Her youth is spent sacrificing friendships and romance as she struggles to keep her parents’ deafness a secret from everyone who knows her.”

Tomorrow Dad Will Still Be Deaf and Other Stories

By Bonnie Kraft (1997) 90 minutes (ASL, Voice-over and subtitled) www.dawnsign.com ($29.95)

“Whether you are Deaf or hearing, get ready for a completely absorbing experience. The wise and witty Bonnie Kraft will captivate you with true stories of her life as a Coda, the hearing child of deaf parents.

• Cross cultural aspects of the world of ASL and spoken English
• A Coda’s perspective on the Deaf community
• Behaviours, beliefs and attitudes of the hearing
• The place of the Codas in the Deaf culture

Entertaining and Educational for all Audiences! Candid backstage interview with Ben Bahan.”

Beyond Silence

1 hr 47 minutes (Spoken German with English Subtitles) www.amazon.com (£4.56 including postage)

“Acclaimed by critics and audiences everywhere, Beyond Silence is the powerful Academy Award-nominated story of a young woman’s battle for independence and her deaf parents’ struggle to understand her gift for music. Given a clarinet by her free-spirited aunt, Lara is immediately consumed by a new passion her parents cannot begin to fully comprehend. Determined to follow her dreams, Lara’s ongoing pursuit of music creates an ever-widening rift that eventually threatens to tear apart her once close-knit family! An inspirational and highly entertaining motion picture – you’ll be riveted as this family must somehow learn to reach beyond differences, expectations…and beyond silence…to bring their two worlds together once again!”

Abababa Alife

Starring Alan, R, Abarbanell. A special performance of The Abababa Road Tour Taped Live at the Imagination Stage Theatre Bethesda, Maryland. Spoken in English with ASL www.abababatour.com

“A uniquely gifted storyteller who will tickle your funny bone, and touch your heart with the wave of a hand. Now you have a front row seat for one of Abababa’s finest live performances. Sit back, relax and get ready to laugh until you cry while Abababa shares his takes of growing up hearing in a Deaf family.”

Please note that Love is Never Silent and Beyond Silence are Region 1 DVDs so will only work on certain DVD players.

CODA Hugs Marie Dimond

codaukandireland@live.co.uk

P.S. Don’t forget the CODA UK and Ireland 2010 Conference in Brighton 21st-22nd August!

PDF: CODA August 2010

[PDF - Connor, M.J. The Hearing Child of Deaf Parents October 2004]

[PDF - CODA International info pack 2005]